Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-31
FRESH BELFAST RIOTS.
Another Uprising Reported from Ser
eral Districts-The Mob Charged
by the Police.
Thirty Persons are Reported Killed and
One Hundred or More arc Said
to be Wounded.
RIoTING IN BELFAST.

BELFAST, Jan. 30.-There was terrible
rioting in the Peters Hill, Carrick Hill
and the Shank Hill districts of this city
last night. The trouble originated
through soldiers belonging to the West
Surrie regiment insulting number of
Catholic civilians. The latter retaliated
by stoning the soldiers, many of
whom were injured. This was fol-
lowed Dy wholesale arrests of over 100
persons, who were placed in the lookup. A
constable engaged in this auty was Sc
riously injured by the excited crowd.
Finally military picke:s were called out
and quiet was restored. This evening
the rioting was renewed, and at this hour
the police and the mob are exchanging
shots. Thirty persons are reported
killed and 100 or more injured.
ACTION OF THE FRENCH DEPUTIES.
PARIS, Jan. 30.-The Chamber of Dep
uties by vote of $40 to $50 yesterday
adopted the first clause of the public
worship budget. The rejection of this
clause would have been tantamount to
the suppression of the whole of the pub
lie worship estimates.
NEW RUSSIAN TAX.
ST. PETERSBURG, Jan. 3O-A new law
has been promulgated, imposing tax of
per cent. on guaranteed revenues de
rived from railroad shares, and tax of
per cent. on similar unguaranteed rev.
enues Several railroads are exempted.
WILL ASK A CREDIT.
VIENNA, Jan, sc A credit will be sub
mitted To the Reichsrath for the complete
arming Of the Lands urn.
WHAT GosCHEN WILL DO.
LONDON, Jan. so -GosChen will proba
bly, accept the offer of Lord Algernon
Percy, Conservative member of Parlia-
ment for st Georges, Hanover square,
to relinquish in his favor. He has prom
iSed to give definite reply tomorrow.
NOTES FROM GERMANY.
BERLIN, Jan. 3 The b0urse yester-
day was the fsttest since Mondays scare,
and the feeling of alarm approached a
semi-pGnic toward the close of the after
noon on the receipt of bad advices from
Paris and Vienna. On the Vienna bourse
there was intense depression, partly
arising from several failures announced
yester. ay. One Spectator committed
The papers announce the purchase OF
large SClOOl DululDSS Ut LllleSuelHl, utdT
Colmar, for barracks for German troops.
achievements have arrived at DienZe,
and Other frontier ports.
An Alsace Journal reports that the
French are building wooden barracks at
Gerardmer to accommodate 5000 men,
and at Corciux for 5000 more, snd that at
other places in Vosges smaller barracks
are being erected. The garrison at
Epinal, Bruyers and Saint Wei have each
been reinforced with 5000 troops.
The National Zeitung says 1t sees that
France is preparing for immediate war.
Germans need not discuss the truth Of
the assertion that France is only defend
ing herself against assault.
The North German Gazette, commenting
on the fact that the Chinese government
has concluded it's first loan in German
currency through German bankers,
declares that the event is a.
one for German trade,
in that Z it is the first positive
result of many years efforts to secure
tUancial basis for relations with China.
The Gazette adds that during the present
year two more Corvettes for the Chinese
navy will be launched at Stettin.
An international horticultural exhibi-
ion will De opened at Dresden IN May.